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How to play Gin Rummy: rules and scoring

  • 2 players
  • 10 cards each
  • To 100

Goal: Arrange your cards into runs and sets and end the hand with no deadwood.

Setup

  • 10 cards each.
  • Take turns drawing and discarding.

How to play

  1. Knock with 10 deadwood or less.
  2. Go gin with none; a knock with 0 deadwood counts as gin.
  3. The other player may lay off on your melds.

Scoring

Knockdeadwood difference
Gin25 + their deadwood
Big gin31 + their deadwood
Undercutdifference + 25

Winning

  • The first to the target wins.
  • The app doesn’t add game, box or shutout bonuses.

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